Elizabeth D. Coleman

November 22, 2016

LANCASTER—Elizabeth Diggs Coleman of Lancaster died November 9, 2016.

She was born September 1, 1929, to the late John Diggs and Lena Ball.

Mrs. Coleman grew up in Kilmarnock and attended A.T. Wright High School. She was a member of New St. John Baptist Church, where she participated in the gospel chorus for over 50 years, served as a deaconess, an usher and a Sunday school teacher.

She worked in the nursing field at Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury and Mizpah Nursing facility. She also worked in the seafood industry.

A funeral was held November 16 at New St. John Baptist Church, Kilmarnock. Interment followed in the church cemetery.

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